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ManaByte

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Watchmen confirmed to suck (changed ending spoilers, duuurrr)
« on: November 17, 2008, 02:45:09 PM »
http://splashpage.mtv.com/2008/11/10/zack-snyder-confirms-watchmen-ending-to-be-changed/

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In the “new” ending, the moral dilemma was the same, but the mechanics were different — and missing in action was one highly anticipated giant squid. The reviews were quickly pulled from the Internet forums they appeared on, and many were skeptical they were real. Theories circulated that Warner Bros was testing alternate endings to see if they could appeal more to mainstream audiences.

Well, wonder no more. In an interview with Dark Horizons, Snyder confirmed that he had changed the ending of “Watchmen,” and shot down reports that he had filmed more than one.

“The fans, god love ‘em, they’re all up in arms about the squid,” said Snyder. “What they should be up in arms about are things like shooting the pregnant woman, ‘God is real and he’s American’, whether THAT’S in the movie. That’s my point of view, maybe I’m crazy.”

The squid was not in the movie when I got the script, the squid was never in any draft that I saw,” continued Snyder. “My point is only that there was this elegant solution to the squid problem that I kind of embraced. I’m a fan of the thing as much as anyone, I was saying what are we going to do about this before I even read the script.”

Want to know what he changed the squid into? The more "elegant solution"?

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He sets off a series of explosions that have Dr Manhattan's unique energy signature.  So the world comes together against Dr. Manhattan instead of a giant squid.
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Re: Watchmen confirmed to suck (changed ending spoilers, duuurrr)
« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2008, 02:50:02 PM »
We had a thread about this like two weeks ago. And we all decided that it was probably better and that Watchmen will be an awesome movie.
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Re: Watchmen confirmed to suck (changed ending spoilers, duuurrr)
« Reply #3 on: November 17, 2008, 02:51:22 PM »
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